Newton, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

2 open professional jobs in Newton. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Newton is in Whiteside County.

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GPAC2 open roles

Newton layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
83
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Newton, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
May 4, 2026	Vistra Corp.	Newton	83	Closure	State record

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Newton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

NCI Works
Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside

Whiteside County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
26,794
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
55,192
people in Whiteside County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,536
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.